Him

He comes to me,
And when he can speak,
He tells me I am free.
And though it's taken five centuries
And 14 years,
Every star-crossed love
I've ever known
Clicks into place.

And all at once,
Love unlocks,
And life and beauty and meaning release,
And all is right in the universe
Just once

In a thousand lifetimes,
Today.

And he is my brother,
And he is my son,
And he is my lover,
My father, the one God.
He is my mother,
My sister, my friend.

Maybe
He is even me.
But he is Love,
And his love

Lives forever
In me.

-jenn long